Open trial railway traffic on the Crimean bridge is planned in August-September 2019, reports TASS with reference to Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimea Mikhail Seleznev. In particular, he made such a statement at the V Yalta International Economic Forum.
- The first canvas from the side of Taman and from the Crimea side was laid across the bridge ... I will reveal a little secret, in August - September the first test motion of the Crimean bridge will be carried out in order to adjust all the processes. The beginning of the message, as planned, will take place in December, ”Seleznev reports.
In turn, trains with a mass of up to 7,100 tons will be able to move along the Crimean Bridge. And both in severe frost (up to -27 ° C), and in the scorching heat (up to + 57 ° C). The capacity of the line will be up to 47 pairs of trains per day.
In total, the Crimean Bridge will have 306 railway spans. Each of them consists of two blocks: right and left. Of these, parallel branches were formed for the movement of trains in the direction of the peninsula and back.